The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-06-17
Mixed Marriages.
+ Lonis Post-Dispatch.

yram in the Post Dispatch, a few
laws ago, has caused considerable
;alk among local Catholics;
Toronto, Ont, May 3E-Arch-
bishop Lynch has issued tho follow
NO order to all the priests ia ms
liocese of Ontario: "You VIII
please announce to your people that
We have determined to grant no
for mixed marriages
when the woman is nOn-CathOllc.
Experience of many years mas
proved that "a Protestant mother
cannot raise her children Catholics,
aud she is thus unable TO comply
with the essential condition on
which such dispensation IS granted.
They may apply to Rome Direct II
they WILL"
VERY Rev. p. 2. Brady, Vicar
General OF the Archdiocese, was
seen Yesterday as TO the probability
of such proclamation being issued
in st. Louis. He did not believe
that it was at all probable. In tact,
the church not being opposed TO
mixed marriages, and being supe'
rior to the Bishop, of course, IL Is
not easy to see how Bishop could
issue such prohibition. The vicar
General was then asked as TO the
general subject of mixed MARRIAGES.
..Tha church does not look with
favor upon them, but does not re
fuse special dispensatlon. rus
disueusdtion is obtained through
the priest. A Catholic young man,
for instance, desiring to wed a Fro
testant wonla go to his parish prlest
and state his case clearly. botn
the lady aud gentleman call on the
nriast together. Then the lady
rromiSes that she will not interfere
with her husbands worship, aud
that tue offspring, II any, snail oe
raised in the Catholic faith. Tue
church nnst do so. She believes
she is the true church, aud OF course
desires that as many as possible De
brought into the true church. But
tbr chorch discOura ges Ihese mixed
marriages by urging the association
of Catholics with Catholics in youth
as tar AS possible, Parents are
asked to see to it, that their
children play with Catholic chll'
dreu. Then when they grow up
they will naturally select their me
COMPANIONS FROM among those WIN
whom they are acquainted"
What is the effect OF mixed mar
riages Y -,
..Iu this diocese there has beef
no statistical reckoning, but th'
Bishop of Leavenworth in The Nan
sas diocese kept statistics for SOM
years and finds the results mos
} deplorable. Take an Instance llk
this: A Protestant gentleman mar
ries Catholic lady, in course o
time they have three or four chi
dren. Suppose the wife dies. III
: children 90 with the father, VII
. NAV be an active member OF Fro
: testant church. He torgets bis pr'
: mise to rear the children IN tn
Catholic belief, aud they are los
= ~ the church. Again, We nav
= oiten found that a Protestant hu'
;. hand, sometimes inside OF yea
!, In violation of his promise, WI
Z nreyent his wife from attendln
5 church. aud from receiving IN
: S"crements. That is most deplor'
ble."
9 "What is the predominating n
e lioious influence in the after lie
}. these mixed marriagesP
j awe are not anxious about tha
0 I have never yet seeu an earnes
D active Catholic young man mari
; Protestant that she did not D
come Catholic too. 1t is newt
e BILE. The lady has all her ideas
II the church changed by seeing u
It husband's religion exempllhed
daily lite aud at home. Sue sees
e is a practical every day religlo
,, Then again, u Catholic wife has
yreat influence on her husOan
10 MANY prominent men of this cl
A. are Catholics to-day because th
l. have been shown the beauty OF |
b religion by their wives"
-e THE Nashville Banner gives n
,e Jones the following dig in The ri
n "SuppOse one of our resident N \
re isters should rail out against M
n, nel.mouthed Irishmen aud gaiva
IN lzed DnIchmen, would II be deem
Is proper speech by bis congrel
ae tiou Suppose DIR. Witberspoe